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jrectly to the house of his friend , put up his horses , &c , at the inn , whither Mr . Joseph Priestley was sent by his father t 6 fetch his retinue . They staid a few days , one of which was a 3 Lor-d s-day . I could pot but observe the strong devotional feryour of Dr . Priestley , while engaged in the services , of public worship on this occasion , nor forget the position af Mr . Russel ,
who leaned upon the Doctor s chair while going through them , I never before saw , in so striking a light s the excellence of the jPoctor's familiar manner , which was so happily united with ardent piety * and the most rational views of religion . On the next day Mr . Russel left , but of the parting interview I was not acquainted . '
I think it was some time in September that Mrs . Priestley * yas taken 111 ; and , as my \ yife was wholly taken up in attending upon her ., I felt rather inclined to pay a visit to some of rny English friends whom we had left behind us at Philadelphia . J set out on foot , and reached Harrisburgh on the second day $ 4 miles from Northumberland , and nearly all the way through a wilderness . There I fell in with the stao ; e-coach from
Carlisle to Lancaster , which , though full of passengers , took me pp . Among the passengers was a well-lodging gentleman , who quickly accosted me , to know where I came from . I told him I w 4 s a native of England , but came immediately from Northumberland . This excited their notice , and caused me
to become an object of their attention . " Well , then , ** says he , " I suppose you knoW Dr . Priestley . ' - — " Yes , " I replied * - — « And what sort of 3 man do you look upon him to be ?"— - I told him , a good man . I found my reply had almost choked his utterance with disgust * u A good mani" said he , and then launched out into a field of accusation against him , and added that the judgments of God had overtaken him , and driven him from his country . I told him it was true Dr .
Priestley had experienced some very heavy afflictions in his native country ; tHat it was not the lot of good men to be always free from them ; and that many valuable friends had come forward to bear a part with him , in so liberal a manner , that in respect of property he was more than compensated . He replied— " The devil is good to his own . " Just at this time , the coach stopped at Elizabeth Town to water the horses , and several of us stept out of the coach , one of ' whom gave me a twitch by the coat to step aside with him . He desired me not to be afraid of the gentleman in dispute with me , adding , that he was a Presbyterian rqinister , just come out of the College of Carlisle , was going to New York to take up his letter of licence , and that he was am overbearing , despotic man . Wq fe-entered the coach ^ and had npt proceeded far before he
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Particulars of Dr . Priestley \ 565
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 565, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/5/
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